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HACHETTE UK LIMITED

Company number 02020173 ·

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Gender pay gap

In the 2025/26 reporting year, women's median hourly pay here was 15.2% lower than men's (1000 to 4999 employees).

That puts it around the middle of the pack for pay parity — closer to an equal median than 34% of the 9,656 employers who reported for 2025/26. See the pay gap league table.

Within publishing activities it is around the middle of the pack of 85 sector employers who reported.

-20.0% to -17.5%: 122 employers -17.5% to -15.0%: 40 employers -15.0% to -12.5%: 53 employers -12.5% to -10.0%: 82 employers -10.0% to -7.5%: 95 employers -7.5% to -5.0%: 126 employers -5.0% to -2.5%: 250 employers -2.5% to 0.0%: 554 employers 0.0% to 2.5%: 1,894 employers 2.5% to 5.0%: 835 employers 5.0% to 7.5%: 698 employers 7.5% to 10.0%: 599 employers 10.0% to 12.5%: 579 employers 12.5% to 15.0%: 527 employers 15.0% to 17.5%: 487 employers 17.5% to 20.0%: 438 employers 20.0% to 22.5%: 389 employers 22.5% to 25.0%: 357 employers 25.0% to 27.5%: 302 employers 27.5% to 30.0%: 253 employers 30.0% to 32.5%: 197 employers 32.5% to 35.0%: 159 employers 35.0% to 37.5%: 131 employers 37.5% to 40.0%: 489 employers -20% -10% 0 +10% +20% +30% +40% ← women paid more men paid more → this company

All 9,656 reporting employers for 2025/26 by median gap. 0 is equal pay; bars right of it are employers where men's median pay is higher, bars left of it where women's is.

0 +10% +20% +30% +40% +50% +60% +70% 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2017/18: 24.7% 2018/19: 20.1% 2019/20: 18.4% 2020/21: 17.6% 2021/22: 18.1% 2022/23: 17.7% 2023/24: 17% 2024/25: 17.3% 2025/26: 15.2% Median gap 2017/18: 29.7% 2018/19: 30.4% 2019/20: 25.9% 2020/21: 21.9% 2021/22: 21.5% 2022/23: 22% 2023/24: 22.9% 2024/25: 22.2% 2025/26: 20.8% Mean gap 2017/18: 62.6% 2018/19: 28.5% 2019/20: 23.3% 2020/21: 20.7% 2021/22: 18.3% 2022/23: 17.3% 2023/24: 14.8% 2024/25: 22.1% 2025/26: 17.8% Median bonus gap

The gap has narrowed since the 24.7% reported for 2017/18.

YearMedian gapMean gapBonus gap Women in top pay quartileWomen in lowest
2025/26 15.2% 20.8% 17.8% 64.9% 83.4%
2024/25 17.3% 22.2% 22.1% 64.5% 83.2%
2023/24 17% 22.9% 14.8% 64.8% 84.4%
2022/23 17.7% 22% 17.3% 63.8% 81.2%
2021/22 18.1% 21.5% 18.3% 64% 79%
2020/21 17.6% 21.9% 20.7% 65.4% 78.8%
2019/20 18.4% 25.9% 23.3% 62.5% 80.7%
2018/19 20.1% 30.4% 28.5% 56.7% 79.2%
2017/18 24.7% 29.7% 62.6% 56.6% 82.5%

Reported by the employer under the gender pay gap regulations — full report on the official service. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.